Retail display packaging

Liberty Packaging Acquires Alois Box Co.

Liberty Diversified International (LDI), a manufacturer of corrugated packaging containers and point-of-purchase display, has acquired Alois Box Co. located in Chicago.

December 16, 2021

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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Triangle Package Machinery to Exhibit Latest Poultry Bagging Technology at IPPE

Triangle Package Machinery Company

Triangle Package Machinery will exhibit its next-generation Delta vertical vf/f/s bagger designed to ensure the safety of the poultry products it packages.

December 16, 2021

Digital Transformation

Beckhoff ‘s TwinCAT Automation Software Turns 25

Beckhoff USA

Celebrating a quarter century of success, the Beckhoff engineering and runtime platform continues to deliver maximum functionality through bold decisions and a drive for innovation.

December 16, 2021

Adhesives/tape

Vuk Trivanovic Named CEO of Shurtape Technologies

Shurtape Technologies

He will expand his role and responsibilities as CEO to encompass the full scope of Shurtape’s global business, now including its Ohio-based Consumer & Craftsman (C&C) Group.

December 16, 2021

Protective/transport packaging

Mold-Rite Plastics Celebrates its Ohio Facility’s 50th Anniversary

MRP Solutions

Plastic closures manufacturer, Mold-Rite Plastics, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its manufacturing facility in Twinsburg, Ohio. Founded in 1971 as Weatherchem Corp., the company has a long history of creating innovative dispensing closures.

December 16, 2021

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Synerlink Joins European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG)

By joining (EHEDG), Synerlink, a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, will bolster its ability to identify and pursue top hygiene and food safety practices on behalf of its customers.

December 15, 2021

Sustainability

Sustainable Rubber Pallet Bands Earn Material Handling Award

Aero Rubber Company®, Inc.

Aero Rubber Corp. was a winner in Material Handling Product News and Material Handling 24/7’s Annual Readers’ Choice Products of the Year Awards competition in the Packaging & Pallets category.

December 15, 2021

Sustainability

Arjobex/MDV Becomes Polyart

Polyart

Following the recent merger between Arjobex and MDV, manufacturers of specialty label facestock, packaging, and advertising signage substrates, the new group adopted the name Polyart.

December 15, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Syngas: A Transformative Technology for Waste Circularity

Single-use plastics aren’t the problem; viewing mechanical recycling as the only solution is. The Consortium for Waste Circularity says advanced recycling waste-to-syngas technology has the potential to fundamentally transform waste handling.

December 15, 2021

Weighing/combination scales

IMA Ilapak and IMA Record Name ATP Engineering & Packaging as Sales and Service Agent in Spain

IMA Group

In December, ATP became the official Spanish sales representative for IMA FLX's hf/f/s flow wrappers, vf/f/s baggers, and weighing & counting systems.

December 15, 2021

Sustainability

ACMA to Showcase Machinery for the Confectionery Market at ProSweets 2022

ACMA, a Coesia company

ACMA, a Coesia company, will showcase its machinery designed to meet the needs of the confectionery market with renewed attention to sustainability.

December 14, 2021

Contract Packaging

Pet Food Co-Packers are In-Demand

Report shows that companies of all sizes are seeking out contract manufacturers/packagers of pet food to help them produce more sustainable, healthier products and packaging.

December 13, 2021

Sustainability

DS Smith Replaces Single Use Plastic Pieces with Paper-based Solutions for Retailers

DS Smith Packaging Systems

The sustainable packaging company is set to replace more than 1 billion pieces of single use plastic by 2025.

December 10, 2021